In findings published online in the Journal of Applied Physics, Charles Swanson and Igor Kaganovich report that
applying microscopic structures that resemble feathers and whiskers to the surfaces inside these machines keeps them operating at peak performance.
Specifically, in this work he has
applied geometric
structures similar to those of a crystal or graphene layer, not typically used to describe black holes, since these geometries better match what happens inside a black hole: «Just as crystals have imperfections in their
microscopic structure, the central region of a black hole can be interpreted as an anomaly in space - time, which requires new geometric elements in order to be able to describe them more precisely.